Many legitimate questions have been asked, but gone unanswered in the several threads about the stratics auction (and according to staff there is no good way to move them to another thread)
I'm making this thread as a consolidated place for users to ask relevant questions / concerns to the members of the proposed "stratics board".
A good number of long time stratics users have had problems with this proposed idea for one reason or another, so hopefully this thread can alleviate the lack of confidence that exists from a good number of users.
I apologize if these questions have been answered elsewhere, if they have but have become lost in the confusion please just re-post or copy/paste for sake of clarity & ease of access.
@Elenni as asked, here are some questions. (all other proposed board members feel free to answer as well) If your not a proposed board member, please do not try to answer these concerns.
1. with 8 members, no owner, if the site falls into disrepair, unstable platform, corrupt / egotistical / disrespectful admins. basically, if theres problems with the site linked to one, or multiples of the 8 board members, what is the procedure for removal and replacement? Since the community is being asked to fund the site, will the community also be involved in this process? One reason i like the idea of JC being owner is because this wouldnt be an issue, most have full confidence that he would be able to handle internal problems like this efficiently and effectively.
2. If a player has a problem with a staff member or board member, who will those problems be taken to?
3. Also, who will be running the site? with all due respect, the experience of the expected board members is extremely low compared with JC the Builders, as well as the experience of past staff who were pushed out of stratics (fired/quit/etc). Will some of the money donated be used to hire an outside source to handle the fundamentals of the site?
4. Do you have any current plans for who will do this proposed integration that was just a flop over the past year? Are there any plans to make stratics look, function, and feel more like the well-known original?
From Tina Small:
5. "Has anyone on the current Stratics staff that is involved with this fund-raising campaign been able to talk to Mesanna or Kyronix regarding the possibility of Broadsword adding a forum to the uo.com website? If that happens, what do you see happening to Stratics? Will it just become a place where people go to post about things they want to trade or sell"
6. Who are are the actual proposed members of the Board?
How long of experience does each member have in his or her proposed "role" (meaning, if the proposed role is as "reporter" how long have you been a reporter, not how long have you been, say a moderator.
7. How will "anonymous" donators be refunded if the funding goal is met, but an outside bidder still wins the auction.
8. On a side note, are there plans to fix the current stratics platform? as Captn norrington pointed out its lacking in some basic aspects of functionality, is filled with bugs (ive got one of those bugs stuck on my screen right now)
These are some basic questions that myself, and i think many who at the moment lack any confidence to donate to support the current proposed staff would like answered before any possibility of donating.
I think it would be prudent to sticky this thread so other hesitant users who feel un-easy about these issues can be provided with the information needed to make a decision.
I would ask anyone else to ask any other questions for the proposed board in this thread, for the sake of having them prominent, in one concise place, and to increase the likely hood of them being seen, answered, and so other users can see the information provided.
I'm making this thread as a consolidated place for users to ask relevant questions / concerns to the members of the proposed "stratics board".
A good number of long time stratics users have had problems with this proposed idea for one reason or another, so hopefully this thread can alleviate the lack of confidence that exists from a good number of users.
I apologize if these questions have been answered elsewhere, if they have but have become lost in the confusion please just re-post or copy/paste for sake of clarity & ease of access.
@Elenni as asked, here are some questions. (all other proposed board members feel free to answer as well) If your not a proposed board member, please do not try to answer these concerns.
1. with 8 members, no owner, if the site falls into disrepair, unstable platform, corrupt / egotistical / disrespectful admins. basically, if theres problems with the site linked to one, or multiples of the 8 board members, what is the procedure for removal and replacement? Since the community is being asked to fund the site, will the community also be involved in this process? One reason i like the idea of JC being owner is because this wouldnt be an issue, most have full confidence that he would be able to handle internal problems like this efficiently and effectively.
2. If a player has a problem with a staff member or board member, who will those problems be taken to?
3. Also, who will be running the site? with all due respect, the experience of the expected board members is extremely low compared with JC the Builders, as well as the experience of past staff who were pushed out of stratics (fired/quit/etc). Will some of the money donated be used to hire an outside source to handle the fundamentals of the site?
4. Do you have any current plans for who will do this proposed integration that was just a flop over the past year? Are there any plans to make stratics look, function, and feel more like the well-known original?
From Tina Small:
5. "Has anyone on the current Stratics staff that is involved with this fund-raising campaign been able to talk to Mesanna or Kyronix regarding the possibility of Broadsword adding a forum to the uo.com website? If that happens, what do you see happening to Stratics? Will it just become a place where people go to post about things they want to trade or sell"
6. Who are are the actual proposed members of the Board?
How long of experience does each member have in his or her proposed "role" (meaning, if the proposed role is as "reporter" how long have you been a reporter, not how long have you been, say a moderator.
7. How will "anonymous" donators be refunded if the funding goal is met, but an outside bidder still wins the auction.
8. On a side note, are there plans to fix the current stratics platform? as Captn norrington pointed out its lacking in some basic aspects of functionality, is filled with bugs (ive got one of those bugs stuck on my screen right now)
These are some basic questions that myself, and i think many who at the moment lack any confidence to donate to support the current proposed staff would like answered before any possibility of donating.
I think it would be prudent to sticky this thread so other hesitant users who feel un-easy about these issues can be provided with the information needed to make a decision.
I would ask anyone else to ask any other questions for the proposed board in this thread, for the sake of having them prominent, in one concise place, and to increase the likely hood of them being seen, answered, and so other users can see the information provided.
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